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Old May 8, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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While I have the box off....
Is there anything I should do while I have the box off of my truck? I was pondering maybe replacing some brake lines, the shocks and the u joints in the driveshaft. Is there anything I should do to the fuel pumps? Anything else anyone can think of?
 
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Old May 8, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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Replace the fuel pump/pumps if there is more than or near 100k miles on truck.
 
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Old May 8, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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Well, Im not sure how many miles are on the originals, and Im planning on throwing a 351 into it. I did kinda have that in mind but i wanted to see what others thought, if it would be worth it or not.
 
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Old May 8, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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Might as well do as much as you can while you got the access
 
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Old May 8, 2008 | 05:03 PM
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when I had my box off thought it would be a good time to try that por-15 rust paint...good stuff...and it looks great too.
 
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Old May 8, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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Replaced the front to rear brake line on mine.Ton easier with the bed off.
 
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I was thinking about paint, but someone in our chapter made a pretty good point one time about that. Unless i was gonna do a fairly complete resto, and take teh whole body off and paint the whole frame, would it be worth it?
 
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I painted just the top and sides of my frame with the box off... and did the front half with the cab and fenders on. my truck is lifted with a body&suspension so I did it mostly for appearance. I agree that it's kinda a half job but I dont have the space or time to do a complete body off resto and I'm amazed at how much of a difference it made to the appearance of my truck... it wasn't a fun job to do (specially the front half w/fenders and cab on)but me thinks it was well worth it...
 
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Do you have any pictures that show off your truck frame paint job?
I have my box off to change both fuel pumps and shocks and was thinking about doing some painting.
Thanks Mark
 
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Touchup the exhaust sytem with High temp black, to cover the rust and corrosion. Did that on mine about 4 months ago and still looks good.
 
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hey Mark,
I'll post some pics in my gallery in a couple of days...should have themm in there by monday eve.

Corey
 
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